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World Cup winners get hero's welcome at home
Sports, Published on 21/12/2022
» BUENOS ARIES: Thousands of ecstatic fans gave Argentina's football squad a hero's welcome in the early hours before dawn on Tuesday after the plane carrying Lionel Messi and his World Cup-winning teammates touched down at Ezeiza airport.
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World Cup sponsors urged to back compensation for Qatar workers
AFP, Published on 20/09/2022
» BEIRUT: Human rights groups urged more sponsors of the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday to support calls for compensation for migrant workers and their families over alleged abuses.
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Brazil police question Neymar over alleged rape
AFP, Published on 14/06/2019
» SAO PAULO: Brazilian police are questioning Neymar Thursday for the first time over allegations he raped a woman he met through social media in a Paris hotel last month, charges he has denied.
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Bail loan agreed for Hickey Ireland return
AFP, Published on 02/12/2016
» LAUSANNE - Stricken sports official Patrick Hickey was given the green light to return to Ireland from Brazil on Thursday after the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) agreed to finance his bail.
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Ex-French 400m champion arrested for alleged theft
AFP, Published on 15/11/2016
» PARIS - Former French 400m indoor champion Toumany Coulibaly, already sentenced for a series of burglaries, has again been arrested following an alleged theft in a supermarket, a police source said on Monday.
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Brazil authorizes Irish Olympic chief's release on bail
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian judge on Wednesday ruled that Irish Olympic Committee (IOC) president Patrick Hickey, awaiting trial over an alleged ticketing scam, could be released on bail and leave the country.
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Kenya names interim Olympic board
AFP, Published on 11/09/2016
» NAIROBI - Kenya has named an eight-member board to replace its National Olympic Committee (NOCK), which was broken up last month over its handling of the team sent to the Rio Olympics.
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US rugby team learns lesson from 1924's band of brothers
AFP, Published on 05/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Punches and kicks raining down on the pitch, rioting fans and dressing room theft.
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Chinese athletes and netizens round on Rio Olympics
AFP, Published on 03/08/2016
» BEIJING - Chinese internet users have accused the Rio Olympics of being unsafe and inferior to Beijing's 2008 offering after athletes said they were robbed and faced broken facilities.
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Rio sorry as Olympic Village suffers new theft
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Security at Rio's Olympic Village was handed a further blow when Danish athletes revealed they have had items stolen while organisers issued a public apology to competitors who have fallen victim to crime.
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